Category: Magnus Carlsen

The Norwegian, 28, managed to keep the No 1 ranking he has held for more than seven years, despite the long winless runIt will be a sore statistic with Magnus Carlsen for years to come. The world champion has just emerged from a run of 21 consecutive d…

The Norwegian world No 1 went 21 games without defeat in St Petersburg while England’s Gawain Jones failed to sustain a mid-tournament surgeIt was back to business as usual for Magnus Carlsen in last weekend’s world blitz championship at St Petersburg….

The world No 1 lost three of his opening eight games in St Petersburg but none of the frontrunners were able to break awayMagnus Carlsen, so supreme at rapid chess when he wiped out Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in their world title tie-break in London last mont…

Hikaru Nakamura and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave halved seven games before the deadlock was broken at the final in LondonWhen Norway’s world champion, Magnus Carlsen, and his US challenger, Fabiano Caruana, drew all 12 classical games in their title match in…

Defeated US challenger has a chance to capture the top ranking which the Norwegian has held in an unbroken run since 2011Fabiano Caruana can gain significant consolation for his world title failure next week when the defeated US challenger has an oppor…

Intensity of championship and ease of watching the game online is bringing it to a wider audienceNot since the 1972 cold war showdown between the US grandmaster Bobby Fischer and his Russian rival Boris Spassky has chess been so high profile.This week’…

The Norwegian saw off the threat of Fabiano Caruana and looks stronger than any potential 2020 challengersMagnus Carlsen retaining the crown on tie-break was always one of the likely ways for the world championship to end, but it was the 12 straight dr…

After retaining his title against Fabiano Caruana the Norwegian calls for changes in the format to encourage players to take chancesAs Magnus Carlsen sat in his dressing room, euphoric and chatty after finally suppressing the stubborn resistance of Fab…

Deadlock finally broken after nearly three weeksNorwegian seals third successful defence of title For much of the past 20 days the world’s two best grandmasters have sat in an soundproof room in central London, with only a chessboard and each other for…

Carlsen and Caruana to decide world championship in tie-breakersCarlsen shocks with Game 12 draw offer (full move-by-move recap)Tweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him 12.58pm GMT Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s his look ahead to t…

After 12 draws, the world chess championship will be decided by a quickfire series of tie-breakers in London on WednesdayTwelve games. Forty-eight hours. More than 630 moves. An apparent intelligence leak. A definite black eye. There’s been nothing to …

Clash goes to tie-breaker after Game 12 draw – as it happenedBest-of-12-games championship match ends in 6-all deadlockCarlsen to play as white to open tie-break after drawing of lotsThe world championship tilt between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruan…

World title up for grabs as Carlsen and Caruana play Game 12Best-of-12-games contest deadlocked at 5½-all after 11 drawsCarlsen plays it safe in Game 11 draw (move-by-move report)Tweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him 2.09pm GMT Hello and welcome to…

Carlsen and Caruana play to 55-move draw –as it happenedBest-of-12-games match knotted at 5½-all after 11 drawsCarlsen on opening surprise: ‘I just decided to shut it down’The penultimate scheduled contest of Magnus Carlsen’s world championship title d…

Carlsen and Caruana face off in Game 11 of world title matchCarlsen admits nerves after Game 10 (move-by-move report)Best-of-12-games contest deadlocked at 5-all after 10 drawsTweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him 4.24pm GMT Bryan will be here shor…

Neither player has been able to make the decisive move thus far and although Carlsen has the superior record in the blitz format the risk of losing his world crown is becoming very realJust two classical games to go, and the Magnus Carlsen v Fabiano Ca…

Carlsen and Caruana play to 54-move draw – as it happenedBest-of-12-games title match knotted at 5-all after 10 drawsMagnus Carlsen confessed to nerves after holding on for a high-wire draw with Fabiano Caruana on Thursday in the marathon 10th game of …

Carlsen, Caruana meet in Game 10 of their championship match‘I blew it’: Carlsen laments Game 9 draw (move-by-move report)The world championship is thrilling. But where are the women?Tweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him 1.37pm GMT Bryan will be he…

Carlsen and Caruana meet in Game 9 of world championship matchThe World Chess Championship is thrilling. But where are the women?Carlsen escapes in Game 8 as Caruana blinks (move-by-move report)Tweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him 12.43pm GMT Brya…